Kabru North | 2006 SW Ridge

A India expedition to Kabru North in 2006 via SW Ridge, led by Kulwant Singh Dhami. Summit reached on 27th April 2006. 6 members recorded.

Expedition Details

Field	Value
ID	5925
Imported	2026-03-06 18:04:49.359634
Expedition ID	KABN06101
Peak ID	KABN
Year	2006
Season	1
Host Country	3
Route 1	SW Ridge
Route 2	-
Route 3	-
Route 4	-
Nationality	India
Leaders	Kulwant Singh Dhami
Sponsor	Himalayan Mountaineering Institute (HMI)
Success 1	True
Success 2	False
Success 3	False
Success 4	False
Ascent 1	4th
Ascent 2	-
Ascent 3	-
Ascent 4	-
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Countries	-
Approach	Darjeeling->Yoksum->Dzongri->BC
Basecamp Date	2006-04-14
Summit Date	2006-04-27
Summit Time	1555
Summit Days	13
Total Days	14
Termination Date	2006-04-28
Termination Reason	1
Termination Notes	-
High Point (m)	7338
Traverse	False
Ski	True
Paraglide	False
Camps	3
Fixed Rope (m)	0
Total Members	6
Summit Members	6
Member Deaths	0
Total Hired	0
Summit Hired	0
Hired Deaths	0
No Hired	True
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Taken	False
O2 Unknown	False
Other Summits	-
Campsites	BC(14/04,4450m),C1(21/04,5350m),C2(23/04,5700m),C3(26/04,6450m),Smt(27/04)
Route Notes	-
Accidents	-
Achievement	-
Agency	None
Commercial Route	False
Standard Route	False
Primary Route	False
Primary Member	False
Primary Reference	-
Primary ID	-
Checksum	2456354
Year	2006
Summit Success	True
O2 Summary	None
Route (lowercase)	sw ridge

Members

Field	Value
ID	44572
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KABN06101
Member ID	01
Peak ID	KABN
Year	2006
Season	1
First Name	Kulwant Singh
Last Name	Dhami
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	41
Citizenship	India
Status	Leader
Residence	Darjeeling, India
Occupation	Offg-principal & chief climbing instructor of HMI
Leader	True
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7338
Summit Date 1	2006-04-27
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1555
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	4
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	-122
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	kulwant singh dhami
Year of Birth	-
Year	2006
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Leader

Field	Value
ID	44573
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KABN06101
Member ID	05
Peak ID	KABN
Year	2006
Season	1
First Name	Lhakpa Norbu
Last Name	Sherpa
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1973
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	Darjeeling, India
Occupation	Instructor, HMI
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	True
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7338
Summit Date 1	2006-04-27
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1555
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	4
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2439841
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	lhakpa norbu sherpa
Year of Birth	1973
Year	2006
Age at Expedition	33
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	44574
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KABN06101
Member ID	03
Peak ID	KABN
Year	2006
Season	1
First Name	Ngodup
Last Name	Bhutia
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1972
Calculated Age	34
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	Darjeeling, India
Occupation	Instructor, HMI
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	True
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7338
Summit Date 1	2006-04-27
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1555
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	4
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2439319
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	ngodup bhutia
Year of Birth	1972
Year	2006
Age at Expedition	34
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	44575
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KABN06101
Member ID	06
Peak ID	KABN
Year	2006
Season	1
First Name	Sangat Ram
Last Name	Thakur
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	1974
Calculated Age	32
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	Instructor, HMI
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	True
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7338
Summit Date 1	2006-04-27
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1555
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	4
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	Skied from 7112m to 6450m
Necrology	(1974-2009) Died 24 May 2009 in Kathmandu from injuries from falling on Makalu
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	2440053
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	sangat ram thakur
Year of Birth	1974
Year	2006
Age at Expedition	32
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	44576
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KABN06101
Member ID	04
Peak ID	KABN
Year	2006
Season	1
First Name	Suraj
Last Name	Gurung
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	Instructor, HMI
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7338
Summit Date 1	2006-04-27
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1555
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	4
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	-122
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	suraj gurung
Year of Birth	-
Year	2006
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

Field	Value
ID	44577
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:05.675609
Expedition ID	KABN06101
Member ID	02
Peak ID	KABN
Year	2006
Season	1
First Name	Sanjay
Last Name	Bhowmik
Sex	M
Age	0
Birth Date	-
Year of Birth	-
Calculated Age	0
Citizenship	India
Status	Climber
Residence	-
Occupation	Instructor, HMI
Leader	False
Deputy	False
Basecamp Only	False
Not to BC	False
Support	False
Disabled	False
Hired	False
Sherpa	False
Tibetan	False
Summit Success	True
Claimed	False
Disputed	False
Solo	False
Traverse	False
Ski	False
Paraglide	False
Speed	-
High Point (m)	True
Personal High Point (m)	7338
Summit Date 1	2006-04-27
Summit Date 2	-
Summit Date 3	-
Summit Time 1	1555
Summit Time 2	-
Summit Time 3	-
Route 1	1
Route 2	0
Route 3	0
Ascent 1	4
Ascent 2	0
Ascent 3	0
O2 Used	False
O2 None	True
O2 Climb	False
O2 Descent	False
O2 Sleep	False
O2 Medical	False
O2 Notes	-
Death	False
Death Date	-
Death Time	-
Death Type	0
Death Height (m)	0
Death Class	0
AMS	False
Weather	False
Injury	False
Injury Date	-
Injury Time	-
Injury Type	0
Injury Height (m)	0
Death Notes	-
Member Notes	-
Necrology	-
Summit Bid	5
Summit Term	1
HCN	0
Checksum	-122
Summit Note 1	-
Summit Note 2	-
Summit Note 3	-
Death Route	-
Name (lowercase)	sanjay bhowmik
Year of Birth	-
Year	2006
Age at Expedition	-
Role	Member

6 recorded members.

Name	Sex	Year of Birth	Citizenship	Status	Residence	Occupation
Kulwant Singh Dhami	M	-	India	Leader	Darjeeling, India	Offg-principal & chief climbing instructor of HMI	Details Other expeditions
Lhakpa Norbu Sherpa	M	1973	India	Climber	Darjeeling, India	Instructor, HMI	Details Other expeditions
Ngodup Bhutia	M	1972	India	Climber	Darjeeling, India	Instructor, HMI	Details Other expeditions
Sangat Ram Thakur	M	1974	India	Climber	-	Instructor, HMI	Details Other expeditions
Suraj Gurung	M	-	India	Climber	-	Instructor, HMI	Details Other expeditions
Sanjay Bhowmik	M	-	India	Climber	-	Instructor, HMI	Details Other expeditions

References

Field	Value
ID	7480
Imported	2026-03-06 18:06:36.307770
Expedition ID	KABN06101
Reference ID	01
Year	2006
Type	2
Journal	HJ
Author	Dhami, Major Kulwant Singh
Title	HMI Instructors on Top of Kabru I
Publisher	-
Publication Date	2007
Language	-
Citation	63:209-215 (2007)
Yak 94	-
Notes	-

1 recorded references.

Expedition ID	Journal	Author	Title	Publisher	Citation	Yak 94
KABN06101	HJ	Dhami, Major Kulwant Singh	HMI Instructors on Top of Kabru I	-	63:209-215 (2007)	-